The unexpected Abigail Adams: a woman "Not Apt to Be Intimidated"
Draws on more than two thousand letters of Abigail's spanning from the 1760s to her death in 1818, interweaving Abigail's colorful correspondence--some of which has not appeared in print before--with a contextual narrative. In this priceless documentation of one of the most important perio...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Draws on more than two thousand letters of Abigail's spanning from the 1760s to her death in 1818, interweaving Abigail's colorful correspondence--some of which has not appeared in print before--with a contextual narrative. In this priceless documentation of one of the most important periods of world history she comments on the varied personalities she encountered and, while her husband was away from home serving in the Continental Congresses and as a diplomatic envoy in Europe, she wrote him frequently about their home in Massachusetts, their family, national and local politics, and, during the early years of the war, crucial information concerning revolutionary activities around Boston. She was an advocate for education for women, a shrewd businesswoman, and had an unrivaled political acumen |
| Beschreibung: | XIX, 380 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Porträts |
| ISBN: | 9781594164217 |
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| contents | Prologue: The world of Abigail Adams -- Part one: A young woman of Massachusetts. "My own giddy disposition" 1744-1762 ; "As speckled as you desire to be" 1762-1764 ; "Come Pappa come home" 1765-1769 ; "I should certainly have been a rover" 1770-1773 ; "The tea that bainfull weed is arrived" 1774 ; "If the sword be drawn" 1774 -- Part two: Revolution. "I want some sentimental effusions of the heart" 1775-1776 ; "The sin of slavery" 1775-1776 ; "Remember the ladies" 1776 ; "I am not apt to be intimidated you know" 1776 ; "A sacrifice for my country" 1776-1777 ; "A very dangerous man" 1777-1778 ; "Labour and rates devour the proffets" 1778-1780 ; "A few necessaries for the family" 1780-1782 -- Part three: Europe. "To hazard the watery element" 1782-1784 ; "In a land of enchantment" 1784 ; "The business of life here [is] pleasure" 1784-1785 ; "The Tory venom has begin to spit" 1785-1786 ; "Ironing is very bad for you" 1786-1787 ; "A beautifull country" 1787-1789 ; "This whirligig of a world" 1789-1790 -- Part four: First Lady. "A devision of the southern & northern states" 1791-1795 ; "In his wicked eye . . . the very devil" 1796-1797 ; "Much of the scum rising" 1798-1800 ; "I want to see the list of judges" 1800-1804 -- Part five: Legacy. "A happy domestic circle" 1805-1811 ; "My fire is out, my wit decayed" 1812-1815 ; "Her letters yet remain" 1816-1818 |
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